BIO Hi, I am Gun Legler from Sweden. I live together with my cat Simon in a little village near Gothenburg On the outside I am old, but young inside :-) For so long I can remember, I have enjoyed expressing myself through any kind of art or craft. Until I was 40 I worked as a child psychologist and pre-school teacher, but after that I said goodbye to my profession and began studying at an art school. There I stayed for four years, mainly learning Graphic art (etching, dry needle and linoleum cut). I was a lousy oil painter, that medium did not fit me at all, watercolor I liked better. For many years I made collages of different kind, watercolor and textile. I grew up with a mother that sewed and a father that built violins, so I early fell in love with textures of many kinds. I have now abandoned making textile collages, but I realize that I work much in the same way with my computer art. I take a piece here and a piece there and try to make a whole of it. And I am madly in love with textures of all kinds, I can sit for hours just playing with different colors, textures and filters, making backgrounds just for fun (and for upcoming images). I work very much by intuition when I make an image, experimenting wildly with layers, textures, color and light. But the form is equally important, that�s what Graphic school taught me. I have seldom a clear inner image when I start creating, it is more a feeling I want to express. The process can be quite unconscious to me for a long time. The image gradually takes form, and become clearer to me. What I want with my images is to reach the feelings of the viewers, to make them look into their own inner being and respond in any way, regardless of which feeling is evoked.
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I am Gun's daughter Lena (zitalena@gmail.com). I am so, so sorry to tell you all that mom passed Tuesday morning, Feb 8 2022, Swedish time. No panic, no pain, no regrets. So peaceful. I tried to get a message about this on my moms latest picture, but now I can't find it. But now I have her computer and can log in. Please email me if you want. Thanks to all. Mom really loved the community!! Her gallery will live on. I have changed the address to mine, because me and my brother really would LOVE to keep her gallery open. Love to all.
Comments (23)
odile
Lovely composition and I like the harmony of beige and turquoise.
clbsmiley
Wow!! Cool work here!! :)
Hubert
Very expressive. Wonderful style!
greyone
Fantastic work. Your skill is of such a high caliber I am not qualified to offer anything other than my sincere congratulations on creation of a masterpiece.
CarolSassy
Very creative, moody image! Excellent composition! (:
VEDES
HIGH ART SUPERB CREATION!!!!!!!!!!
Pewter7
This is totally awesome Gun! What a fabulously crafted image, love how you composed this, the colors, the frame -which is incredible, the mood conveyed by her eyes ... superb imagery 10+
jmb007
beau travail!!
Faemike55
Fantastic image, Gun. Like Jim (Greyone) I can only say excellent
blankfrancine
Great concept and presentation.
odie
This is stunning. LOVE the frame - awesome image. Snow forecast for us and yet we have the teasing sunshine for a moment! Either way we were fooled, too.
DawnStar
Nice one, Gun. The frame really sets off your picture. We are still in a heat wave. It feels as if Mother Nature is playing an April fool's trick on us.
NefariousDrO
Nice, the moodiness and tone is very powerful.
alessimarco
~Excellent!~
magichild2
Wow I love the way you did this one. Fantastic piece of art.
npauling
A wonderful frame for this superb image. Excellent textures and rain.
bimm3d
superb!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent!
JaneEden
Superb artwork Gun, you are so talented. hugs Jane xx
ontar1
Beautiful, love the expression, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
emmecielle
Fantastic work! :)
lyron
Fabulous work!!!
three_grrr
this is wonderful! You've used the frame in a spectacular way! this is just how I felt when I looked out the window on April 1st, and saw SNOW.